Recent Lindenwood women's hockey graduate Jada Burke is among the nominees for the prestigious NCAA Woman of the Year award. For 32 years, this program has honored the academic achievements, athletics excellence, community service and leadership of outstanding female college athletes.

Burke compiled 22 goals and 13 assists across 110 games during her four-year career. The Nepeon, Ontario native was named to the CHA all-rookie team after her freshman season when she recorded a team-high 11 goals. In her final season a year ago, Burke recorded 10 points last season, including six goals, which ranked second on the team. Last season, Burke recorded a .656 faceoff win percentage, proving to be a dominant force in the faceoff dot.

The NCAA Woman of the Year program was established in 1991 and honors the academic achievements, athletics excellence, community service and leadership of graduating female college athletes from all three divisions. To be eligible, a nominee must have competed and earned a varsity letter in an NCAA-sponsored sport and must have earned her undergraduate degree by Summer 2022.

Eligible female student-athletes are nominated by their member school. Each conference office then reviews the nominations from its core member schools (and sponsored sports) and submits its conference nominee(s) to the NCAA.

All nominees who compete in a sport that is not sponsored by their school's primary conference, as well as associate conference nominees and independent nominees, will be sent to a separate pool to be considered by a committee. Then, the NCAA Woman of the Year selection committee identifies the Top 30 – 10 from each division –and from there selects three finalists from each division. From the nine finalists, the NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics then selects the NCAA Woman of the Year, who will be named later this fall.